Knife Skills

How To Peel, Cut and Section A Grapefruit

Grapefruit is a very tasty and juicy fruit, but it tends to have those tough white peels around the segments that make it not as enjoyable to eat. That’s how the stores get away with selling those tiny fruit cups with peeled grapefruit chunks for a dollar! One grapefruit would yield at least 4...

Many recipes call for “chopped cilantro”. Cilantro is a great addition in salads, salsas, sauces and some main dishes like enchiladas. So, what is the correct way to chop cilantro? Cilantro is sold in bunches. Once you bring a bunch of cilantro home, figure out how much cilantro do you need for your recipe. ...

Chopped onion is a necessary ingredient in many recipes. In fact, it’s one of the most popular cooking ingredients. We all take chopping an onion for granted – most recipes just list “chopped onion” as an ingredient. But who will teach the beginner cook how to chop an onion? I will! Follow the step-by-step...

Peeling an onion seems like an trivial task, but if you’ve never peeled an onion before, it can be quite intimidating. Don’t worry – it is pretty easy to peel an onion. You can now learn how to peel an onion by following these illustrated step-by-step instructions. Step #1: Put the whole onion on...

Are you a big fan of mango salsa? Do you like the taste of mango salsa, but don’t know how to cut up mango for mango salsa? To cut mango for mango salsa, you first need to peel a mango and cut a mango into big slices. Once you have the big slices, you...

Do you avoid mangoes because you don’t know how to eat them? Have you tried cutting a mango but ended up with a big mess? Don’t worry. You will know exactly how to eat a mango once you read this article. Mangoes are so tasty, and you’ll really enjoy eating them! Mango is a...

How To Slice Challah Bread For Sandwiches

Challah is a very soft and rich bread. Challah is so tasty you can eat it plain – just tear off the piece of challah and munch away! Challah also makes delicious french toast and challah makes outstanding sanwiches. We all know that the sandwiches are as good as the ingredients you put into...

When you buy a watermelon, you need to cut it into chunks. Cutting a huge watermelon into bite-size pieces seems like a daunting task. However, it is really easy to cut a watermelon into chunks if you follow my strategy of cutting watermelon. Once you understand the strategy, slicing watermelon will be a breeze! ...

Cut a melon as soon as you get it from the store. Melons don’t ripen once picked, so don’t wait to cut it. If you are too lazy to cut a melon, it will deteriorate with time. At the end, you’ll end up cutting it anyway, but the melon won’t taste as good as it would if...

It’s very easy to cut a cantaloupe into chunks. Don’t waste money on pre-cut cantaloupe in plastic fruit trays or fruit cups – not only they are expensive, but also not as fresh, as they’ve been sitting on the store shelves for a while. When you cut a cantaloupe yourself, you will enjoy tasty...